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1# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
2# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
3
4# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
5# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
6# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
7# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
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74Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S
75Rule EUAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 -
76Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 -
77Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
78Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
79Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 -
80Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
81Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
1# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
2# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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4# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
5# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
6# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
7# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
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74Rule EUAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 1:00 S
75Rule EUAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 1:00u 0 -
76Rule EUAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0 -
77Rule E-EurAsia 1981 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
78Rule E-EurAsia 1979 1995 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
79Rule E-EurAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 -
80Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
81Rule RussiaAsia 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
82Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
83Rule RussiaAsia 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
84Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S
85Rule RussiaAsia 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 -
86Rule RussiaAsia 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
87Rule RussiaAsia 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
88Rule RussiaAsia 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
82Rule RussiaAsia 1984 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
83Rule RussiaAsia 1985 2011 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
84Rule RussiaAsia 1996 2011 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
89
90# Afghanistan
91# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
92Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
93 4:00 - AFT 1945
94 4:30 - AFT
95
96# Armenia

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115# The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the
116# Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of
117# Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time.
118# or
119# (brief)
120# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html
121# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
122Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
85
86# Afghanistan
87# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
88Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890
89 4:00 - AFT 1945
90 4:30 - AFT
91
92# Armenia

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111# The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the
112# Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of
113# Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time.
114# or
115# (brief)
116# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html
117# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
118Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2
123 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time
124 4:00 RussiaAsia YER%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
125 3:00 1:00 YERST 1991 Sep 23 # independence
126 3:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 1995 Sep 24 2:00s
127 4:00 - AMT 1997
128 4:00 RussiaAsia AM%sT 2012 Mar 25 2:00s
129 4:00 - AMT
119 3:00 - +03 1957 Mar
120 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
121 3:00 RussiaAsia +03/+04 1995 Sep 24 2:00s
122 4:00 - +04 1997
123 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05
130
131# Azerbaijan
124
125# Azerbaijan
126
132# From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23):
133# According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997
134# From Paul Eggert (2015-09-17): It was Resolution No. 21 (1997-03-17).
135# http://code.az/files/daylight_res.pdf
127# From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23):
128# According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997
129# From Paul Eggert (2015-09-17): It was Resolution No. 21 (1997-03-17).
130# http://code.az/files/daylight_res.pdf
131
132# From Steffen Thorsen (2016-03-17):
133# ... the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has cancelled switching to
134# daylight saving time....
135# http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/94137.html
136# http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Azerbaijani-Cabinet-of-Ministers-cancels-daylight-saving-time.html
137# http://en.apa.az/xeber_azerbaijan_abolishes_daylight_savings_ti_240862.html
138
136# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
139# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
137Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S
138Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 -
140Rule Azer 1997 2015 - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S
141Rule Azer 1997 2015 - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 -
139# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
140Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
142# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
143Zone Asia/Baku 3:19:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
141 3:00 - BAKT 1957 Mar # Baku Time
142 4:00 RussiaAsia BAK%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
143 3:00 1:00 BAKST 1991 Aug 30 # independence
144 3:00 RussiaAsia AZ%sT 1992 Sep lastSat 23:00
145 4:00 - AZT 1996 # Azerbaijan Time
146 4:00 EUAsia AZ%sT 1997
147 4:00 Azer AZ%sT
144 3:00 - +03 1957 Mar
145 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
146 3:00 RussiaAsia +03/+04 1992 Sep lastSun 2:00s
147 4:00 - +04 1996
148 4:00 EUAsia +04/+05 1997
149 4:00 Azer +04/+05
148
149# Bahrain
150# See Asia/Qatar.
151
152# Bangladesh
153# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13):
154# According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce
155# Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30

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258 7:30 - BNT 1933
259 8:00 - BNT
260
261# Burma / Myanmar
262
263# Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon.
264
265# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
150
151# Bahrain
152# See Asia/Qatar.
153
154# Bangladesh
155# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-05-13):
156# According to newspaper Asian Tribune (May 6, 2009) Bangladesh may introduce
157# Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30

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260 7:30 - BNT 1933
261 8:00 - BNT
262
263# Burma / Myanmar
264
265# Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon.
266
267# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
266Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon
268Zone Asia/Yangon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Rangoon
267 6:24:40 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time?
268 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time
269 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3
270 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time
271
272# Cambodia
273# See Asia/Bangkok.
274

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373# place (with some modifications) in March 1948. It's not clear
374# how well it was observed in areas under Nationalist control.
375# * The People's Liberation Army used UT+8 during the civil war.
376#
377# An AP article "Shanghai Internat'l Area Little Changed" in the
378# Lewiston (ME) Daily Sun (1939-05-29), p 17, said "Even the time is
379# different - the occupied districts going by Tokyo time, an hour
380# ahead of that prevailing in the rest of Shanghai." Guess that the
269 6:24:40 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time?
270 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time
271 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3
272 6:30 - MMT # Myanmar Time
273
274# Cambodia
275# See Asia/Bangkok.
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375# place (with some modifications) in March 1948. It's not clear
376# how well it was observed in areas under Nationalist control.
377# * The People's Liberation Army used UT+8 during the civil war.
378#
379# An AP article "Shanghai Internat'l Area Little Changed" in the
380# Lewiston (ME) Daily Sun (1939-05-29), p 17, said "Even the time is
381# different - the occupied districts going by Tokyo time, an hour
382# ahead of that prevailing in the rest of Shanghai." Guess that the
381# Xujiahui Observatory was under French control and stuck with UT+8.
383# Xujiahui Observatory was under French control and stuck with UT +08.
382#
383# In earlier versions of this file, China had many separate Zone entries, but
384# this was based on what were apparently incorrect data in Shanks & Pottenger.
385# This has now been simplified to the two entries Asia/Shanghai and
386# Asia/Urumqi, with the others being links for backward compatibility.
387# Proposed in 1918 and theoretically in effect until 1949 (although in practice
388# mainly observed in coastal areas), the five zones were:
389#
384#
385# In earlier versions of this file, China had many separate Zone entries, but
386# this was based on what were apparently incorrect data in Shanks & Pottenger.
387# This has now been simplified to the two entries Asia/Shanghai and
388# Asia/Urumqi, with the others being links for backward compatibility.
389# Proposed in 1918 and theoretically in effect until 1949 (although in practice
390# mainly observed in coastal areas), the five zones were:
391#
390# Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) UT+8.5
392# Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) UT +08:30
391# Asia/Harbin (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai)
392# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin
393#
393# Asia/Harbin (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai)
394# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin
395#
394# Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") UT+8
396# Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") UT +08
395# Asia/Shanghai
396# most of China
397# This currently represents most other zones as well,
398# as apparently these regions have been the same since 1970.
399# Milne gives 8:05:43.2 for Xujiahui Observatory time; round to nearest.
397# Asia/Shanghai
398# most of China
399# This currently represents most other zones as well,
400# as apparently these regions have been the same since 1970.
401# Milne gives 8:05:43.2 for Xujiahui Observatory time; round to nearest.
400# Guo says Shanghai switched to UT+8 "from the end of the 19th century".
402# Guo says Shanghai switched to UT +08 "from the end of the 19th century".
401#
403#
402# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area) UT+7
404# Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of the area) UT +07
403# Asia/Chongqing (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai)
404# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan;
405# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong
406# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing,
407# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu.
408#
405# Asia/Chongqing (currently a link to Asia/Shanghai)
406# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan;
407# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong
408# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing,
409# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu.
410#
409# Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") UT+6
411# Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") UT +06
410# Asia/Urumqi
411# This currently represents Kunlun Time as well,
412# as apparently the two regions have been the same since 1970.
413# The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai;
414# the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang,
415# Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi;
416# east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi;
417# east Xinjiang, including Ürümqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe,
418# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin,
419# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami,
420# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan.
421#
412# Asia/Urumqi
413# This currently represents Kunlun Time as well,
414# as apparently the two regions have been the same since 1970.
415# The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai;
416# the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang,
417# Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi;
418# east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi;
419# east Xinjiang, including Ürümqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe,
420# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin,
421# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami,
422# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan.
423#
422# Kunlun Time UT+5.5
424# Kunlun Time UT +05:30
423# Asia/Kashgar (currently a link to Asia/Urumqi)
424# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule;
425# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke,
426# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding,
427# and Yarkand.
428
429# From Luther Ma (2009-10-17):
430# Almost all (>99.9%) ethnic Chinese (properly ethnic Han) living in
431# Xinjiang use Chinese Standard Time. Some are aware of Xinjiang time,
432# but have no need of it. All planes, trains, and schools function on
433# what is called "Beijing time." When Han make an appointment in Chinese
434# they implicitly use Beijing time.
435#
436# On the other hand, ethnic Uyghurs, who make up about half the
437# population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two
425# Asia/Kashgar (currently a link to Asia/Urumqi)
426# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule;
427# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke,
428# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding,
429# and Yarkand.
430
431# From Luther Ma (2009-10-17):
432# Almost all (>99.9%) ethnic Chinese (properly ethnic Han) living in
433# Xinjiang use Chinese Standard Time. Some are aware of Xinjiang time,
434# but have no need of it. All planes, trains, and schools function on
435# what is called "Beijing time." When Han make an appointment in Chinese
436# they implicitly use Beijing time.
437#
438# On the other hand, ethnic Uyghurs, who make up about half the
439# population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two
438# hours behind Beijing time, or UTC +0600. The government of the Xinjiang
440# hours behind Beijing time, or UT +06. The government of the Xinjiang
439# Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as
440# local governments such as the Ürümqi city government use both times in
441# publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as
442# "Ürümqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language
443# they almost invariably use Xinjiang time.
444#
445# (Their ethnic Han compatriots would typically have no clue of its
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486# the Cultural Revolution: Xinjiang Time (XJT), aka Ürümqi Time or local time;
487# and Beijing Time. There is no confusion in Xinjiang as to which name refers
488# to which time. Both are widely used in the province, although in some
489# population groups might be use one to the exclusion of the other. The only
490# problem is that computers and smart phones list Ürümqi (or Kashgar) as
491# having the same time as Beijing.
492
493# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30):
441# Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as
442# local governments such as the Ürümqi city government use both times in
443# publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as
444# "Ürümqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language
445# they almost invariably use Xinjiang time.
446#
447# (Their ethnic Han compatriots would typically have no clue of its
448# widespread use, however, because so extremely few of them are fluent in

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488# the Cultural Revolution: Xinjiang Time (XJT), aka Ürümqi Time or local time;
489# and Beijing Time. There is no confusion in Xinjiang as to which name refers
490# to which time. Both are widely used in the province, although in some
491# population groups might be use one to the exclusion of the other. The only
492# problem is that computers and smart phones list Ürümqi (or Kashgar) as
493# having the same time as Beijing.
494
495# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30):
494# In the early days of the PRC, Tibet was given its own time zone (UT+6) but
495# this was withdrawn in 1959 and never reinstated; see Tubten Khétsun,
496# In the early days of the PRC, Tibet was given its own time zone (UT +06)
497# but this was withdrawn in 1959 and never reinstated; see Tubten Khétsun,
496# Memories of life in Lhasa under Chinese Rule, Columbia U Press, ISBN
497# 978-0231142861 (2008), translator's introduction by Matthew Akester, p x.
498# As this is before our 1970 cutoff, Tibet doesn't need a separate zone.
499#
500# Xinjiang Time is well-documented as being officially recognized. E.g., see
501# "The Working-Calendar for The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Government"
502# <http://www.sinkiang.gov.cn/service/ourworking/> (2014-04-22).
503# Unfortunately, we have no good records of time in Xinjiang before 1986.
504# During the 20th century parts of Xinjiang were ruled by the Qing dynasty,
505# the Republic of China, various warlords, the First and Second East Turkestan
506# Republics, the Soviet Union, the Kuomintang, and the People's Republic of
507# China, and tracking down all these organizations' timekeeping rules would be
508# quite a trick. Approximate this lost history by a transition from LMT to
498# Memories of life in Lhasa under Chinese Rule, Columbia U Press, ISBN
499# 978-0231142861 (2008), translator's introduction by Matthew Akester, p x.
500# As this is before our 1970 cutoff, Tibet doesn't need a separate zone.
501#
502# Xinjiang Time is well-documented as being officially recognized. E.g., see
503# "The Working-Calendar for The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Government"
504# <http://www.sinkiang.gov.cn/service/ourworking/> (2014-04-22).
505# Unfortunately, we have no good records of time in Xinjiang before 1986.
506# During the 20th century parts of Xinjiang were ruled by the Qing dynasty,
507# the Republic of China, various warlords, the First and Second East Turkestan
508# Republics, the Soviet Union, the Kuomintang, and the People's Republic of
509# China, and tracking down all these organizations' timekeeping rules would be
510# quite a trick. Approximate this lost history by a transition from LMT to
509# XJT at the start of 1928, the year of accession of the warlord Jin Shuren,
511# UT +06 at the start of 1928, the year of accession of the warlord Jin Shuren,
510# which happens to be the date given by Shanks & Pottenger (no doubt as a
512# which happens to be the date given by Shanks & Pottenger (no doubt as a
511# guess) as the transition from LMT. Ignore the usage of UT+8 before
512# 1986-02-01 under the theory that the transition date to UT+8 is unknown and
513# guess) as the transition from LMT. Ignore the usage of +08 before
514# 1986-02-01 under the theory that the transition date to +08 is unknown and
513# that the sort of users who prefer Asia/Urumqi now typically ignored the
515# that the sort of users who prefer Asia/Urumqi now typically ignored the
514# UT+8 mandate back then.
516# +08 mandate back then.
515
516# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
517# Beijing time, used throughout China; represented by Shanghai.
518Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:43 - LMT 1901
519 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
520 8:00 PRC C%sT
521# Xinjiang time, used by many in western China; represented by Ürümqi / Ürümchi
522# / Wulumuqi. (Please use Asia/Shanghai if you prefer Beijing time.)

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711# The Summer Time this year is adopted from midnight Apr 15 until Sep 20
712# midnight. To save (energy?) consumption, we're expanding Summer Time
713# adoption till Oct 31 midnight.
714#
715# The Central Weather Bureau website didn't mention that, however it can
716# be found from historical government announcement database.
717
718# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-03):
517
518# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
519# Beijing time, used throughout China; represented by Shanghai.
520Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:43 - LMT 1901
521 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949
522 8:00 PRC C%sT
523# Xinjiang time, used by many in western China; represented by Ürümqi / Ürümchi
524# / Wulumuqi. (Please use Asia/Shanghai if you prefer Beijing time.)

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713# The Summer Time this year is adopted from midnight Apr 15 until Sep 20
714# midnight. To save (energy?) consumption, we're expanding Summer Time
715# adoption till Oct 31 midnight.
716#
717# The Central Weather Bureau website didn't mention that, however it can
718# be found from historical government announcement database.
719
720# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-03):
719# As per Yu-Cheng Chuang, say that Taiwan was at UT+9 from 1937-10-01
721# As per Yu-Cheng Chuang, say that Taiwan was at UT +09 from 1937-10-01
720# until 1945-09-21 at 01:00, overriding Shanks & Pottenger.
721# Likewise, use Yu-Cheng Chuang's data for DST in Taiwan.
722
723# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
724Rule Taiwan 1946 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
725Rule Taiwan 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
726Rule Taiwan 1947 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D
727Rule Taiwan 1947 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S

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825
826# Milne 1899 says Tbilisi (Tiflis) time was 2:59:05.7.
827# Byalokoz 1919 says Georgia was 2:59:11.
828# Go with Byalokoz.
829
830# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
831Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:11 - LMT 1880
832 2:59:11 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time
722# until 1945-09-21 at 01:00, overriding Shanks & Pottenger.
723# Likewise, use Yu-Cheng Chuang's data for DST in Taiwan.
724
725# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
726Rule Taiwan 1946 only - May 15 0:00 1:00 D
727Rule Taiwan 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
728Rule Taiwan 1947 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 D
729Rule Taiwan 1947 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S

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827
828# Milne 1899 says Tbilisi (Tiflis) time was 2:59:05.7.
829# Byalokoz 1919 says Georgia was 2:59:11.
830# Go with Byalokoz.
831
832# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
833Zone Asia/Tbilisi 2:59:11 - LMT 1880
834 2:59:11 - TBMT 1924 May 2 # Tbilisi Mean Time
833 3:00 - TBIT 1957 Mar # Tbilisi Time
834 4:00 RussiaAsia TBI%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
835 3:00 1:00 TBIST 1991 Apr 9 # independence
836 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 1992 # Georgia Time
837 3:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1994 Sep lastSun
838 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 1996 Oct lastSun
839 4:00 1:00 GEST 1997 Mar lastSun
840 4:00 E-EurAsia GE%sT 2004 Jun 27
841 3:00 RussiaAsia GE%sT 2005 Mar lastSun 2:00
842 4:00 - GET
835 3:00 - +03 1957 Mar
836 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
837 3:00 RussiaAsia +03/+04 1992
838 3:00 E-EurAsia +03/+04 1994 Sep lastSun
839 4:00 E-EurAsia +04/+05 1996 Oct lastSun
840 4:00 1:00 +05 1997 Mar lastSun
841 4:00 E-EurAsia +04/+05 2004 Jun 27
842 3:00 RussiaAsia +03/+04 2005 Mar lastSun 2:00
843 4:00 - +04
843
844# East Timor
845
846# See Indonesia for the 1945 transition.
847
848# From João Carrascalão, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in
849# East Timor may be late for its millennium
850# <http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm> (1999-12-26/31):

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869Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1
870 8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time
871 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
872 9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3
873 8:00 - WITA 2000 Sep 17 0:00
874 9:00 - TLT
875
876# India
844
845# East Timor
846
847# See Indonesia for the 1945 transition.
848
849# From João Carrascalão, brother of the former governor of East Timor, in
850# East Timor may be late for its millennium
851# <http://etan.org/et99c/december/26-31/30ETMAY.htm> (1999-12-26/31):

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870Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1
871 8:00 - TLT 1942 Feb 21 23:00 # E Timor Time
872 9:00 - JST 1945 Sep 23
873 9:00 - TLT 1976 May 3
874 8:00 - WITA 2000 Sep 17 0:00
875 9:00 - TLT
876
877# India
878
879# From Ian P. Beacock, in "A brief history of (modern) time", The Atlantic
880# http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/12/the-creation-of-modern-time/421419/
881# (2015-12-22):
882# In January 1906, several thousand cotton-mill workers rioted on the
883# outskirts of Bombay.... They were protesting the proposed abolition of
884# local time in favor of Indian Standard Time.... Journalists called this
885# dispute the "Battle of the Clocks." It lasted nearly half a century.
886
877# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
878Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata
879 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
880 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time
881 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
882 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
883 5:30 - IST
884# The following are like Asia/Kolkata:

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902# Here is another correction to Shanks & Pottenger.
903# JohnTWB writes that Japanese forces did not surrender control in
904# Indonesia until 1945-09-01 00:00 at the earliest (in Jakarta) and
905# other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus
906# September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore.
907# These would be the earliest possible times for a change.
908# Régimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Éditions
909# Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched
887# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
888Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata
889 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time?
890 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time
891 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
892 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15
893 5:30 - IST
894# The following are like Asia/Kolkata:

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912# Here is another correction to Shanks & Pottenger.
913# JohnTWB writes that Japanese forces did not surrender control in
914# Indonesia until 1945-09-01 00:00 at the earliest (in Jakarta) and
915# other formal surrender ceremonies were September 9, 11, and 13, plus
916# September 12 for the regional surrender to Mountbatten in Singapore.
917# These would be the earliest possible times for a change.
918# Régimes horaires pour le monde entier, by Henri Le Corre, (Éditions
919# Traditionnelles, 1987, Paris) says that Java and Madura switched
910# from JST to UTC+07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura
920# from UT +09 to +07:30 on 1945-09-23, and gives 1944-09-01 for Jayapura
911# (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura
912# switched on 1945-09-23.
913#
914# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11):
915# Normally the tz database uses English-language abbreviations, but in
916# Indonesia it's typical to use Indonesian-language abbreviations even
917# when writing in English. For example, see the English-language
918# summary published by the Time and Frequency Laboratory of the
919# Research Center for Calibration, Instrumentation and Metrology,
920# Indonesia, <http://time.kim.lipi.go.id/time-eng.php> (2006-09-29).
921# (Hollandia). For now, assume all Indonesian locations other than Jayapura
922# switched on 1945-09-23.
923#
924# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-11):
925# Normally the tz database uses English-language abbreviations, but in
926# Indonesia it's typical to use Indonesian-language abbreviations even
927# when writing in English. For example, see the English-language
928# summary published by the Time and Frequency Laboratory of the
929# Research Center for Calibration, Instrumentation and Metrology,
930# Indonesia, <http://time.kim.lipi.go.id/time-eng.php> (2006-09-29).
921# The abbreviations are:
931# The time zone abbreviations and UT offsets are:
922#
932#
923# WIB - UTC+7 - Waktu Indonesia Barat (Indonesia western time)
924# WITA - UTC+8 - Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Indonesia central time)
925# WIT - UTC+9 - Waktu Indonesia Timur (Indonesia eastern time)
933# WIB - +07 - Waktu Indonesia Barat (Indonesia western time)
934# WITA - +08 - Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Indonesia central time)
935# WIT - +09 - Waktu Indonesia Timur (Indonesia eastern time)
926#
927# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
928# Java, Sumatra
929Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10
930# Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
931# but this must be a typo.
932 7:07:12 - BMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Batavia
933 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time

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1079Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1080Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1081Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1082Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
1083Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1084Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1085Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1086Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
936#
937# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
938# Java, Sumatra
939Zone Asia/Jakarta 7:07:12 - LMT 1867 Aug 10
940# Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
941# but this must be a typo.
942 7:07:12 - BMT 1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Batavia
943 7:20 - JAVT 1932 Nov # Java Time

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1089Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1090Rule Iran 2028 2029 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1091Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1092Rule Iran 2030 2031 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
1093Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1094Rule Iran 2032 2033 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1095Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Mar 22 0:00 1:00 D
1096Rule Iran 2034 2035 - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
1087Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1088Rule Iran 2036 2037 - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1097#
1098# The following rules are approximations starting in the year 2038.
1099# These are the best post-2037 approximations available, given the
1100# restrictions of a single rule using a Gregorian-based data format.
1101# At some point this table will need to be extended, though quite
1102# possibly Iran will change the rules first.
1103Rule Iran 2036 max - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D
1104Rule Iran 2036 max - Sep 21 0:00 0 S
1105
1089# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1090Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
1091 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time
1092 3:30 - IRST 1977 Nov
1093 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979
1094 3:30 Iran IR%sT
1095
1096

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1537Rule Jordan 2014 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
1538# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1539Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
1540 2:00 Jordan EE%sT
1541
1542
1543# Kazakhstan
1544
1106# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1107Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916
1108 3:25:44 - TMT 1946 # Tehran Mean Time
1109 3:30 - IRST 1977 Nov
1110 4:00 Iran IR%sT 1979
1111 3:30 Iran IR%sT
1112
1113

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1554Rule Jordan 2014 max - Oct lastFri 0:00s 0 -
1555# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1556Zone Asia/Amman 2:23:44 - LMT 1931
1557 2:00 Jordan EE%sT
1558
1559
1560# Kazakhstan
1561
1545# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
1546# Andrew Evtichov (1996-04-13) writes that Kazakhstan
1547# stayed in sync with Moscow after 1990, and that Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk)
1548# and Aqtau (formerly Shevchenko) are the largest cities in their zones.
1549# Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time
1550# IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan.
1551
1552# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1553# German Iofis, ELSI, Almaty (2001-10-09) reports that Kazakhstan uses
1554# RussiaAsia rules, instead of switching at 00:00 as the IATA has it.
1555# Go with Shanks & Pottenger, who have them always using RussiaAsia rules.
1556# Also go with the following claims of Shanks & Pottenger:
1557#
1558# - Kazakhstan did not observe DST in 1991.
1559# - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00.
1560# - Oral switched from +5:00 to +4:00 in spring 1989.
1561
1562# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin No. 11
1563# <http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm> (2005-03-21):
1564# The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing
1565# daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health
1566# complications coupled with a decrease in productivity.
1567#
1568# From Branislav Kojic (in Astana) via Gwillim Law (2005-06-28):
1569# ... what happened was that the former Kazakhstan Eastern time zone
1570# was "blended" with the Central zone. Therefore, Kazakhstan now has
1571# two time zones, and difference between them is one hour. The zone
1572# closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the
1573# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau,
1574# Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses
1575# everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones
1576# de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively.
1577
1562# From Kazakhstan Embassy's News Bulletin No. 11
1563# <http://www.kazsociety.org.uk/news/2005/03/30.htm> (2005-03-21):
1564# The Government of Kazakhstan passed a resolution March 15 abolishing
1565# daylight saving time citing lack of economic benefits and health
1566# complications coupled with a decrease in productivity.
1567#
1568# From Branislav Kojic (in Astana) via Gwillim Law (2005-06-28):
1569# ... what happened was that the former Kazakhstan Eastern time zone
1570# was "blended" with the Central zone. Therefore, Kazakhstan now has
1571# two time zones, and difference between them is one hour. The zone
1572# closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the
1573# same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau,
1574# Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses
1575# everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones
1576# de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively.
1577
1578# From Stepan Golosunov (2016-03-27) ([*] means see later comments below):
1579# Review of the linked documents from http://adilet.zan.kz/
1580# produced the following data for post-1991 Kazakhstan:
1578#
1581#
1582# 0. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR
1583# from 1991-02-04 No. 20
1584# http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102010545
1585# removed the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of the USSR
1586# starting with the last Sunday of March 1991.
1587# It also allowed (but not mandated) Kazakh SSR, Kirghiz SSR, Tajik SSR,
1588# Turkmen SSR and Uzbek SSR to not have "summer" time.
1589#
1590# The 1992-01-13 act also refers to the act of the Cabinet of Ministers
1591# of the Kazakh SSR from 1991-03-20 No. 170 "About the act of the Cabinet
1592# of Ministers of the USSR from 1991-02-04 No. 20" but I didn't found its
1593# text.
1594#
1595# According to Izvestia newspaper No. 68 (23334) from 1991-03-20
1596# (page 6; available at http://libinfo.org/newsr/newsr2574.djvu via
1597# http://libinfo.org/index.php?id=58564) on 1991-03-31 at 2:00 during
1598# transition to "summer" time:
1599# Republic of Georgia, Latvian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, SSR Moldova,
1600# Estonian SSR; Komi ASSR; Kaliningrad oblast; Nenets autonomous okrug
1601# were to move clocks 1 hour forward.
1602# Kazakh SSR (excluding Uralsk oblast); Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Tajik
1603# SSR; Andijan, Jizzakh, Namangan, Sirdarya, Tashkent, Fergana oblasts
1604# of the Uzbek SSR were to move clocks 1 hour backwards.
1605# Other territories were to not move clocks.
1606# When the "summer" time would end on 1991-09-29, clocks were to be
1607# moved 1 hour backwards on the territory of the USSR excluding
1608# Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenia, Tajikistan.
1609#
1610# Apparently there were last minute changes. Apparently Kazakh act No. 170
1611# was one of such changes.
1612#
1613# https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Декретное время
1614# claims that Sovetskaya Rossiya newspaper on 1991-03-29 published that
1615# Nenets autonomous okrug, Komi and Kazakhstan (excluding Uralsk oblast)
1616# were to not move clocks and Uralsk oblast was to move clocks
1617# forward; on 1991-09-29 Kazakhstan was to move clocks backwards.
1618# (Probably there were changes even after that publication. There is an
1619# article claiming that Kaliningrad oblast decided on 1991-03-29 to not
1620# move clocks.)
1621#
1622# This implies that on 1991-03-31 Asia/Oral remained on +04/+05 while
1623# the rest of Kazakhstan switched from +06/+07 to +05/06 or from +05/06
1624# to +04/+05. It's unclear how Kzyl-Orda oblast moved into the fifth
1625# time belt. (By switching from +04/+05 to +05/+06 on 1991-09-29?) ...
1626#
1627# 1. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1628# from 1992-01-13 No. 28
1629# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P920000028_
1630# (text includes modification from the 1996 act)
1631# introduced new rules for calculation of time, mirroring Russian
1632# 1992-01-08 act. It specified that time would be calculated
1633# according to time belts plus extra hour ("decree time"), moved clocks
1634# on the whole territory of Kazakhstan 1 hour forward on 1992-01-19 at
1635# 2:00, specified DST rules. It acknowledged that Kazakhstan was
1636# located in the fourth and the fifth time belts and specified the
1637# border between them to be located east of Kustanay and Aktyubinsk
1638# oblasts (notably including Turgai and Kzyl-Orda oblasts into the fifth
1639# time belt).
1640#
1641# This means switch on 1992-01-19 at 2:00 from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for
1642# Asia/Aqtau, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Oral, Atyrau and Kustanay oblasts; from
1643# +05/+06 to +06/+07 for Asia/Almaty and Asia/Qyzylorda (and Arkalyk) [*]....
1644#
1645# 2. Act of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1646# from 1992-03-27 No. 284
1647# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P920000284_
1648# cancels extra hour ("decree time") for Uralsk and Kzyl-Orda oblasts
1649# since the last Sunday of March 1992, while keeping them in the fourth
1650# and the fifth time belts respectively.
1651#
1652# 3. Order of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1653# from 1994-09-23 No. 384
1654# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/R940000384_
1655# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") on the territory of Mangystau
1656# oblast since the last Sunday of September 1994 (saying that time on
1657# the territory would correspond to the third time belt as a
1658# result)....
1659#
1660# 4. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1661# from 1996-05-08 No. 575
1662# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P960000575_
1663# amends the 1992-01-13 act to end summer time in October instead
1664# of September, mirroring identical Russian change from 1996-04-23 act.
1665#
1666# 5. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1667# from 1999-03-26 No. 305
1668# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P990000305_
1669# cancels the extra hour ("decree time") for Atyrau oblast since the
1670# last Sunday of March 1999 while retaining the oblast in the fourth
1671# time belt.
1672#
1673# This means change from +05/+06 to +04/+05.
1674#
1675# There is no zone for Atyrau currently (listed under Asia/Aqtau in
1676# zone1970.tab).[*]
1677#
1678# 6. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1679# from 2000-11-23 No. 1749
1680# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/archive/docs/P000001749_/23.11.2000
1681# replaces the previous five documents.
1682#
1683# The only changes I noticed are in definition of the border between the
1684# fourth and the fifth time belts. They account for changes in spelling
1685# and administrative division (splitting of Turgai oblast in 1997
1686# probably changed time in territories incorporated into Kostanay oblast
1687# (including Arkalyk) from +06/+07 to +05/+06) and move Kyzylorda oblast
1688# from being in the fifth time belt and not using decree time into the
1689# fourth time belt (no change in practice).[*]
1690#
1691# 7. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1692# from 2003-12-29 No. 1342
1693# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P030001342_
1694# modified the 2000-11-23 act. No relevant changes, apparently.
1695#
1696# 8. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1697# from 2004-07-20 No. 775
1698# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/archive/docs/P040000775_/20.07.2004
1699# modified the 2000-11-23 act to move Kostanay and Kyzylorda oblasts into
1700# the fifth time belt and add Aktobe oblast to the list of regions not
1701# using extra hour ("decree time"), leaving Kazakhstan with only 2 time
1702# zones (+04/+05 and +06/+07). The changes were to be implemented
1703# during DST transitions in 2004 and 2005 but the acts got radically
1704# amended before implementation happened.
1705#
1706# 9. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1707# from 2004-09-15 No. 1059
1708# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P040001059_
1709# modified the 2000-11-23 act to remove exceptions from the "decree time"
1710# (leaving Kazakhstan in +05/+06 and +06/+07 zones), amended the
1711# 2004-07-20 act to implement changes for Atyrau, West Kazakhstan,
1712# Kostanay, Kyzylorda and Mangystau oblasts by not moving clocks
1713# during the 2014 transition to "winter" time.
1714#
1715# This means transition from +04/+05 to +05/+06 for Atyrau oblast (no
1716# zone currently), Asia/Oral, Asia/Aqtau and transition from +05/+06 to
1717# +06/+07 for Kostanay oblast (Kostanay and Arkalyk, no zones currently)
1718# and Asia/Qyzylorda on 2004-10-31 at 3:00....[*]
1719#
1720# 10. Act of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1721# from 2005-03-15 No. 231
1722# http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P050000231_
1723# removes DST provisions from the 2000-11-23 act, removes most of the
1724# (already implemented) provisions from the 2004-07-20 and 2004-09-15
1725# acts, comes into effect 10 days after official publication.
1726# The only practical effect seems to be the abolition of the summer
1727# time.
1728#
1729# Unamended version of the act of the Government of the Russian Federation
1730# No. 23 from 1992-01-08 [See 'europe' file for details].
1731# Kazakh 1992-01-13 act appears to provide the same rules and 1992-03-27
1732# act was to be enacted on the last Sunday of March 1992.
1733
1734# From Paul Eggert (2016-04-15):
1735# The tables below should reflect Stepan Golosunov's remarks above,
1736# except for the items marked "[*]" which I haven't gotten to yet.
1737# It looks like we will need new zones Asia/Atyrau and Asia/Qostanay
1738# to handle changes from 1992 through 2004 that we did not previously
1739# know about.
1740
1741#
1579# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1580#
1581# Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan
1742# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1743#
1744# Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), representing most locations in Kazakhstan
1745# This includes KZ-AKM, KZ-ALA, KZ-ALM, KZ-AST, KZ-BAY, KZ-VOS, KZ-ZHA,
1746# KZ-KAR, KZ-SEV, KZ-PAV, and KZ-YUZ.
1582Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata
1747Zone Asia/Almaty 5:07:48 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Alma-Ata
1583 5:00 - ALMT 1930 Jun 21 # Alma-Ata Time
1584 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 1991
1585 6:00 - ALMT 1992
1586 6:00 RussiaAsia ALM%sT 2005 Mar 15
1587 6:00 - ALMT
1588# Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.)
1748 5:00 - +05 1930 Jun 21
1749 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1750 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
1751 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
1752 6:00 - +06
1753# Qyzylorda (aka Kyzylorda, Kizilorda, Kzyl-Orda, etc.) (KZ-KZY)
1589Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2
1754Zone Asia/Qyzylorda 4:21:52 - LMT 1924 May 2
1590 4:00 - KIZT 1930 Jun 21 # Kizilorda Time
1591 5:00 - KIZT 1981 Apr 1
1592 5:00 1:00 KIZST 1981 Oct 1
1593 6:00 - KIZT 1982 Apr 1
1594 5:00 RussiaAsia KIZ%sT 1991
1595 5:00 - KIZT 1991 Dec 16 # independence
1596 5:00 - QYZT 1992 Jan 19 2:00
1597 6:00 RussiaAsia QYZ%sT 2005 Mar 15
1598 6:00 - QYZT
1599# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk)
1755 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
1756 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1
1757 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1
1758 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1
1759 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1760 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1991 Sep 29 2:00s
1761 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
1762 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1992 Mar 29 2:00s
1763 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
1764 6:00 - +06
1765# Aqtobe (aka Aktobe, formerly Aktyubinsk) (KZ-AKT)
1600Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
1766Zone Asia/Aqtobe 3:48:40 - LMT 1924 May 2
1601 4:00 - AKTT 1930 Jun 21 # Aktyubinsk Time
1602 5:00 - AKTT 1981 Apr 1
1603 5:00 1:00 AKTST 1981 Oct 1
1604 6:00 - AKTT 1982 Apr 1
1605 5:00 RussiaAsia AKT%sT 1991
1606 5:00 - AKTT 1991 Dec 16 # independence
1607 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Aqtobe Time
1608 5:00 - AQTT
1609# Mangghystau
1767 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
1768 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1
1769 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1
1770 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1
1771 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1772 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
1773 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
1774 5:00 - +05
1775# Qostanay (KZ-KUS)
1776
1777# Mangghystau (KZ-MAN)
1610# Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region,
1611# so include time stamps before 1963.
1612Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2
1778# Aqtau was not founded until 1963, but it represents an inhabited region,
1779# so include time stamps before 1963.
1780Zone Asia/Aqtau 3:21:04 - LMT 1924 May 2
1613 4:00 - FORT 1930 Jun 21 # Fort Shevchenko T
1614 5:00 - FORT 1963
1615 5:00 - SHET 1981 Oct 1 # Shevchenko Time
1616 6:00 - SHET 1982 Apr 1
1617 5:00 RussiaAsia SHE%sT 1991
1618 5:00 - SHET 1991 Dec 16 # independence
1619 5:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 1995 Mar lastSun 2:00 # Aqtau Time
1620 4:00 RussiaAsia AQT%sT 2005 Mar 15
1621 5:00 - AQTT
1622# West Kazakhstan
1781 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
1782 5:00 - +05 1963
1783 5:00 - +05 1981 Oct 1
1784 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1
1785 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1786 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
1787 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1994 Sep 25 2:00s
1788 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
1789 5:00 - +05
1790
1791# West Kazakhstan (KZ-ZAP)
1792# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
1793# The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14).
1623Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk
1794Zone Asia/Oral 3:25:24 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ural'sk
1624 4:00 - URAT 1930 Jun 21 # Ural'sk time
1625 5:00 - URAT 1981 Apr 1
1626 5:00 1:00 URAST 1981 Oct 1
1627 6:00 - URAT 1982 Apr 1
1628 5:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00
1629 4:00 RussiaAsia URA%sT 1991
1630 4:00 - URAT 1991 Dec 16 # independence
1631 4:00 RussiaAsia ORA%sT 2005 Mar 15 # Oral Time
1632 5:00 - ORAT
1795 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
1796 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1
1797 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1
1798 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1
1799 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1989 Mar 26 2:00s
1800 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
1801 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992 Mar 29 2:00s
1802 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 2004 Oct 31 2:00s
1803 5:00 - +05
1633
1634# Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan)
1635# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger.
1636
1637# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15):
1638# According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway
1639# http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=1&story_name=doc9979.shtml
1640# Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system. I take the article

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1645
1646# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1647Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00s 1:00 S
1648Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
1649Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S
1650Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2004 - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 -
1651# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1652Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
1804
1805# Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan)
1806# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger.
1807
1808# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15):
1809# According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway
1810# http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=1&story_name=doc9979.shtml
1811# Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system. I take the article

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1816
1817# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1818Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Apr Sun>=7 0:00s 1:00 S
1819Rule Kyrgyz 1992 1996 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 -
1820Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:30 1:00 S
1821Rule Kyrgyz 1997 2004 - Oct lastSun 2:30 0 -
1822# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1823Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May 2
1653 5:00 - FRUT 1930 Jun 21 # Frunze Time
1654 6:00 RussiaAsia FRU%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1655 5:00 1:00 FRUST 1991 Aug 31 2:00 # independence
1656 5:00 Kyrgyz KG%sT 2005 Aug 12 # Kyrgyzstan Time
1657 6:00 - KGT
1824 5:00 - +05 1930 Jun 21
1825 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
1826 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Aug 31 2:00
1827 5:00 Kyrgyz +05/+06 2005 Aug 12
1828 6:00 - +06
1658
1659###############################################################################
1660
1661# Korea (North and South)
1662
1663# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10):
1664# http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=200607100012
1665# Korea ran a daylight saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it

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1688Rule ROK 1955 only - Sep 9 0:00 0 S
1689Rule ROK 1956 only - May 20 0:00 1:00 D
1690Rule ROK 1956 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
1691Rule ROK 1957 1960 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
1692Rule ROK 1957 1960 - Sep Sun>=18 0:00 0 S
1693Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
1694Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 3:00 0 S
1695
1829
1830###############################################################################
1831
1832# Korea (North and South)
1833
1834# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10):
1835# http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=200607100012
1836# Korea ran a daylight saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it

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1859Rule ROK 1955 only - Sep 9 0:00 0 S
1860Rule ROK 1956 only - May 20 0:00 1:00 D
1861Rule ROK 1956 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
1862Rule ROK 1957 1960 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
1863Rule ROK 1957 1960 - Sep Sun>=18 0:00 0 S
1864Rule ROK 1987 1988 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
1865Rule ROK 1987 1988 - Oct Sun>=8 3:00 0 S
1866
1696# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-30):
1867# From Paul Eggert (2016-08-23):
1697# The Korean Wikipedia entry gives the following sources for UT offsets:
1698#
1868# The Korean Wikipedia entry gives the following sources for UT offsets:
1869#
1699# 1908: Official Journal Article No. 3994 (Edict No. 5)
1870# 1908: Official Journal Article No. 3994 (decree No. 5)
1700# 1912: Governor-General of Korea Official Gazette Issue No. 367
1701# (Announcement No. 338)
1702# 1954: Presidential Decree No. 876 (1954-03-17)
1703# 1961: Law No. 676 (1961-08-07)
1871# 1912: Governor-General of Korea Official Gazette Issue No. 367
1872# (Announcement No. 338)
1873# 1954: Presidential Decree No. 876 (1954-03-17)
1874# 1961: Law No. 676 (1961-08-07)
1704# 1987: Law No. 3919 (1986-12-31)
1705#
1875#
1706# The Wikipedia entry also has confusing information about a change
1707# to UT+9 in April 1910, but then what would be the point of the later change
1708# to UT+9 on 1912-01-01? Omit the 1910 change for now.
1876# (Another source "1987: Law No. 3919 (1986-12-31)" was in the 2014-10-30
1877# edition of the Korean Wikipedia entry.)
1709#
1710# I guessed that time zone abbreviations through 1945 followed the same
1711# rules as discussed under Taiwan, with nominal switches from JST to KST
1712# when the respective cities were taken over by the Allies after WWII.
1713#
1878#
1879# I guessed that time zone abbreviations through 1945 followed the same
1880# rules as discussed under Taiwan, with nominal switches from JST to KST
1881# when the respective cities were taken over by the Allies after WWII.
1882#
1714# For Pyongyang we have no information; guess no changes since World War II.
1883# For Pyongyang, guess no changes from World War II until 2015, as we
1884# have no information otherwise.
1715
1716# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-08-07):
1717# According to many news sources, North Korea is going to change to
1718# the 8:30 time zone on August 15, one example:
1719# http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33815049
1720#
1721# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-15):
1722# Bells rang out midnight (00:00) Friday as part of the celebrations. See:

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1866# For now, assume Rives McDow's informant got confused about Friday vs
1867# Saturday, and that his 2001 dates should have 1 added to them.
1868
1869# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26):
1870# We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones.
1871# Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says
1872# there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft
1873# Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykänen (2005-05-16) reports that
1885
1886# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-08-07):
1887# According to many news sources, North Korea is going to change to
1888# the 8:30 time zone on August 15, one example:
1889# http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33815049
1890#
1891# From Paul Eggert (2015-08-15):
1892# Bells rang out midnight (00:00) Friday as part of the celebrations. See:

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2036# For now, assume Rives McDow's informant got confused about Friday vs
2037# Saturday, and that his 2001 dates should have 1 added to them.
2038
2039# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26):
2040# We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones.
2041# Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says
2042# there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft
2043# Windows XP as the source. Risto Nykänen (2005-05-16) reports that
1874# travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UTC+7, UTC+8) with no DST.
2044# travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UT +07, +08) with no DST.
1875# Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in
1876# Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed.
1877# He also found
1878# http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1111634894&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&
1879# which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius"
1880# (2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones.
1881# The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT
1882# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sükhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT.

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2106#
2107# "Govt Withdraws Plan To Advance Clocks"
2108# http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041
2109#
2110# "People laud PM's announcement to end DST"
2111# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2
2112
2113# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2045# Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in
2046# Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed.
2047# He also found
2048# http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1111634894&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&
2049# which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius"
2050# (2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones.
2051# The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT
2052# and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sükhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT.

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2276#
2277# "Govt Withdraws Plan To Advance Clocks"
2278# http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041
2279#
2280# "People laud PM's announcement to end DST"
2281# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2
2282
2283# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2114Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S
2115Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:01 0 -
2284Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:00 1:00 S
2285Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Oct Sun>=2 0:00 0 -
2116Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
2117Rule Pakistan 2008 2009 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
2118Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S
2119
2120# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2121Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
2122 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
2123 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15

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2375# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/ramallah?year=2014
2376# says that the fall 2014 transition was Oct 23 at 24:00.
2377# For future dates, guess the last Friday in March at 24:00 through
2378# the first Friday on or after October 21 at 00:00. This is consistent with
2379# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs:
2380# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza
2381# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron
2382
2286Rule Pakistan 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
2287Rule Pakistan 2008 2009 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
2288Rule Pakistan 2009 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S
2289
2290# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2291Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907
2292 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep
2293 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15

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2545# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/ramallah?year=2014
2546# says that the fall 2014 transition was Oct 23 at 24:00.
2547# For future dates, guess the last Friday in March at 24:00 through
2548# the first Friday on or after October 21 at 00:00. This is consistent with
2549# the predictions in today's editions of the following URLs:
2550# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/gaza-strip/gaza
2551# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/west-bank/hebron
2552
2553# From Hannah Kreitem (2016-03-09):
2554# http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/WebSite/ar/ViewDetails?ID=31728
2555# [Google translation]: "The Council also decided to start daylight
2556# saving in Palestine as of one o'clock on Saturday morning,
2557# 2016-03-26, to provide the clock 60 minutes ahead."
2558#
2559# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-12):
2560# Predict spring transitions on March's last Saturday at 01:00 from now on.
2561# Leave fall predictions alone for now.
2562
2383# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2384Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
2385Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
2386Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
2387Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
2388Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
2389Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
2390

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2403Rule Palestine 2011 only - Apr 1 0:01 1:00 S
2404Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
2405Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 30 0:00 1:00 S
2406Rule Palestine 2011 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
2407Rule Palestine 2012 2014 - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S
2408Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 -
2409Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 -
2410Rule Palestine 2014 max - Oct Fri>=21 0:00 0 -
2563# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2564Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
2565Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
2566Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
2567Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
2568Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
2569Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
2570

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2583Rule Palestine 2011 only - Apr 1 0:01 1:00 S
2584Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
2585Rule Palestine 2011 only - Aug 30 0:00 1:00 S
2586Rule Palestine 2011 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 -
2587Rule Palestine 2012 2014 - Mar lastThu 24:00 1:00 S
2588Rule Palestine 2012 only - Sep 21 1:00 0 -
2589Rule Palestine 2013 only - Sep Fri>=21 0:00 0 -
2590Rule Palestine 2014 max - Oct Fri>=21 0:00 0 -
2411Rule Palestine 2015 max - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S
2591Rule Palestine 2015 only - Mar lastFri 24:00 1:00 S
2592Rule Palestine 2016 max - Mar lastSat 1:00 1:00 S
2412
2413# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2414Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
2415 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
2416 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
2417 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
2418 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
2419 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug 29 0:00

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2491# The TZ database cannot represent quasi-solar time; airline time is the best
2492# we can do. The 1946 foreign air news digest of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics
2493# Board (OCLC 42299995) reported that the "... Arabian Government, inaugurated
2494# a weekly Dhahran-Cairo service, via the Saudi Arabian cities of Riyadh and
2495# Jidda, on March 14, 1947". Shanks & Pottenger guessed 1950; go with the
2496# earlier date.
2497#
2498# Shanks & Pottenger also state that until 1968-05-01 Saudi Arabia had two
2593
2594# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2595Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct
2596 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15
2597 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5
2598 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996
2599 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999
2600 2:00 Palestine EE%sT 2008 Aug 29 0:00

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2672# The TZ database cannot represent quasi-solar time; airline time is the best
2673# we can do. The 1946 foreign air news digest of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics
2674# Board (OCLC 42299995) reported that the "... Arabian Government, inaugurated
2675# a weekly Dhahran-Cairo service, via the Saudi Arabian cities of Riyadh and
2676# Jidda, on March 14, 1947". Shanks & Pottenger guessed 1950; go with the
2677# earlier date.
2678#
2679# Shanks & Pottenger also state that until 1968-05-01 Saudi Arabia had two
2499# time zones; the other zone, at UTC+4, was in the far eastern part of
2680# time zones; the other zone, at UT +04, was in the far eastern part of
2500# the country. Ignore this, as it's before our 1970 cutoff.
2501#
2502# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2503Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1947 Mar 14
2504 3:00 - AST
2505Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Aden # Yemen
2506Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Kuwait
2507

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2760# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2761Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq
2762 2:00 Syria EE%sT
2763
2764# Tajikistan
2765# From Shanks & Pottenger.
2766# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2767Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
2681# the country. Ignore this, as it's before our 1970 cutoff.
2682#
2683# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2684Zone Asia/Riyadh 3:06:52 - LMT 1947 Mar 14
2685 3:00 - AST
2686Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Aden # Yemen
2687Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Kuwait
2688

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2941# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2942Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq
2943 2:00 Syria EE%sT
2944
2945# Tajikistan
2946# From Shanks & Pottenger.
2947# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2948Zone Asia/Dushanbe 4:35:12 - LMT 1924 May 2
2768 5:00 - DUST 1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time
2769 6:00 RussiaAsia DUS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2770 5:00 1:00 DUSST 1991 Sep 9 2:00s
2771 5:00 - TJT # Tajikistan Time
2949 5:00 - +05 1930 Jun 21
2950 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
2951 5:00 1:00 +05/+06 1991 Sep 9 2:00s
2952 5:00 - +05
2772
2773# Thailand
2774# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2775Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
2776 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time
2777 7:00 - ICT
2778Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Phnom_Penh # Cambodia
2779Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Vientiane # Laos
2780
2781# Turkmenistan
2782# From Shanks & Pottenger.
2783# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2784Zone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad
2953
2954# Thailand
2955# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2956Zone Asia/Bangkok 6:42:04 - LMT 1880
2957 6:42:04 - BMT 1920 Apr # Bangkok Mean Time
2958 7:00 - ICT
2959Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Phnom_Penh # Cambodia
2960Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Vientiane # Laos
2961
2962# Turkmenistan
2963# From Shanks & Pottenger.
2964# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2965Zone Asia/Ashgabat 3:53:32 - LMT 1924 May 2 # or Ashkhabad
2785 4:00 - ASHT 1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time
2786 5:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00
2787 4:00 RussiaAsia ASH%sT 1991 Oct 27 # independence
2788 4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00
2789 5:00 - TMT
2966 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
2967 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1991 Mar 31 2:00
2968 4:00 RussiaAsia +04/+05 1992 Jan 19 2:00
2969 5:00 - +05
2790
2791# United Arab Emirates
2792# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2793Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920
2794 4:00 - GST
2795Link Asia/Dubai Asia/Muscat # Oman
2796
2797# Uzbekistan
2798# Byalokoz 1919 says Uzbekistan was 4:27:53.
2799# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2800Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:53 - LMT 1924 May 2
2970
2971# United Arab Emirates
2972# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2973Zone Asia/Dubai 3:41:12 - LMT 1920
2974 4:00 - GST
2975Link Asia/Dubai Asia/Muscat # Oman
2976
2977# Uzbekistan
2978# Byalokoz 1919 says Uzbekistan was 4:27:53.
2979# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2980Zone Asia/Samarkand 4:27:53 - LMT 1924 May 2
2801 4:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time
2802 5:00 - SAMT 1981 Apr 1
2803 5:00 1:00 SAMST 1981 Oct 1
2804 6:00 - TAST 1982 Apr 1 # Tashkent Time
2805 5:00 RussiaAsia SAM%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence
2806 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992
2807 5:00 - UZT
2981 4:00 - +04 1930 Jun 21
2982 5:00 - +05 1981 Apr 1
2983 5:00 1:00 +06 1981 Oct 1
2984 6:00 - +06 1982 Apr 1
2985 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992
2986 5:00 - +05
2808# Milne says Tashkent was 4:37:10.8; round to nearest.
2809Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2
2987# Milne says Tashkent was 4:37:10.8; round to nearest.
2988Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:11 - LMT 1924 May 2
2810 5:00 - TAST 1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time
2811 6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00
2812 5:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT 1991 Sep 1 # independence
2813 5:00 RussiaAsia UZ%sT 1992
2814 5:00 - UZT
2989 5:00 - +05 1930 Jun 21
2990 6:00 RussiaAsia +06/+07 1991 Mar 31 2:00
2991 5:00 RussiaAsia +05/+06 1992
2992 5:00 - +05
2815
2816# Vietnam
2817
2818# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-04):
2819# Milne gives 7:16:56 for the meridian of Saigon in 1899, as being
2820# used in Lower Laos, Cambodia, and Annam. But this is quite a ways
2821# from Saigon's location. For now, ignore this and stick with Shanks
2822# and Pottenger for LMT before 1906.

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2994# Vietnam
2995
2996# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-04):
2997# Milne gives 7:16:56 for the meridian of Saigon in 1899, as being
2998# used in Lower Laos, Cambodia, and Annam. But this is quite a ways
2999# from Saigon's location. For now, ignore this and stick with Shanks
3000# and Pottenger for LMT before 1906.

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